Water Service Agreement
Between City of Santa Rosa
and El Crystal Mobile Home
Park
BPU Contract Review Subcommittee
March 29, 2022
1 Andrew Allen
Supervising Engineer
Overview
• Background
• Location Map
• El Crystal Mobile Home Park
• Request for Assistance
• Prior BPU and City Council Review
• Analysis
• Recommendation
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• Senate Bill 88 (2015) – Provides State Water Board authority to mandate consolidation of water systems
• Division of Drinking Water Identified Nine Locations in Santa Rosa
• Requiring Santa Rosa Water (SRW) to Mandatorily
Consolidate with these water systems
• Assistance Request (AR) No. 5705
• The State assists in the consolidation process by:
• Coordinating activities
• Hiring an engineering consultant to prepare the design • Reimbursing Property Owner for Fees Paid
• Proposition 1 (previously Proposition 84) Grant Funding • Grant funding for all costs to connect sites to SRW
• Planning phase near completion
• Grant funding for City to facilitate construction (CIP Project), all associated fees, and all City planning phase costs
Background
4 Location Map
5 • One of the locations in the AR 5705
Mandatory Consolidation Project
• New and Immediate Water Quality Issue
• E-Coli Contamination
• Residents are relying on bottled water
• Utility Certificate required
• Park is located outside City limits
• Park applied for and was granted Utility
Certificate by City’s Planning Department
El Crystal Mobile Home Park
6 • State Division of Drinking Water approached
SRW for assistance for El Crystal
• SRW has agreed to allow a Temporary
Emergency Connection
• The temporary connection will be made by
El Crystal and reimbursed by State
emergency funds
• A Water Service Agreement is required by
the State for El Crystal to be reimbursed for
fees and construction costs from the State
Request for Assistance
7 • On September 17, 2020, the Fee Deferral and
Agreement to Pay Water Demand Fees was
reviewed by the Board of Public Utilities (BPU)
• The BPU unanimously recommended that the
Council approve the agreement with El Crystal
Mobile Home Park (BPU Resolution No. 1235)
• On October 13, 2020, City Council reviewed
and unanimously approved the agreement per
Resolution No. RES-2020-169
Prior BPU & City Council Review
8 • The State Consolidation Project will provide
the permanent connection of El Crystal to
City water within the next five years
• Due to the urgency of the need for water, El
Crystal has started construction of the
temporary connection, initially at their own
expense
• A Water Service Agreement is required by
the State for El Crystal to be reimbursed for
fees and construction costs from the State
Analysis
9 • The Water Service Agreement Terms:
• The City and El Crystal will work together to
complete the temporary connection by 2022
• El Crystal is responsible for paying all the costs
to connect to City water, including construction
costs along with meter and processing fees,
and encroachment permit fees
• The City will provide water to El Crystal
• El Crystal Public Water System will cease to
exist
• El Crystal will pay the monthly water bills
• There is no cost to the City with this agreement
Analysis - Continued
10 It is recommended by the Water Department
that the Board of Public Utilities Contract
Review Subcommittee recommend that the
Board of Public Utilities, by Resolution,
approve a Water Service Agreement Between
City of Santa Rosa El Crystal MHP , LLC.
Recommendation
DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS?
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